With all due respect (emphasis mine) … The school district shall “take steps to ensure that one or both parents … are present at each IEP Team meeting

How the school district is to proffer services during the summer, and why, is clearly stated in the law. It is often handled wrong. Extended School Year (ESY)

Some IEP meetings are contentious the moment you enter the room. Who are these additional people? If that happens to you, it is a direct violation of your

Every student with a disability (a student with an IEP or a 504 plan) has the right to access the curriculum as well as the right to access

Part 3 of this series dealt with the reporting (or lack thereof) of bullying. Now we will discuss what happens, or should happen, once the report is filed.

The aggressor may have an IEP, the target may have an IEP, both may have IEPs, or neither may. I have encountered districts that have no idea what

Civil rights need to be a consideration when talking about bullying. In this series I am trying to hit topics in the order in which events happen (law,

This series has discussed the law and the definition of bullying. Now let’s take a look at how bullying incidents are reported. A student bullied on the playground may

Part 1 of this series pointed out that there are no federal laws on bullying. On to the definitions of bullying, there are many but only one counts.

“The percentage of students who reported being bullied was lower in 2013 (22 percent) than in every prior survey year (28 percent each in 2005, 2009, and 2011